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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - As the hunt continues successful Fresno County for missing 65-year-old Selma nonmigratory Ron Dailey, his household spoke retired to the media for the archetypal clip connected Wednesday, trying to shed further airy connected his disappearance.
They accidental helium is an experienced hunter, and they're hopeful that acquisition volition assistance him past the wilderness until assistance arrives.
"He's a precise astute man. He has 50-plus years of acquisition with hunting. So, we cognize if helium broke down, oregon thing happened to his vehicle, that he's conscionable hunkering down and waiting it out," said Breanna Vargas, Dailey's daughter.
Vargas and her mother, Ron's wife, Glenda Dailey, accidental helium was lone expected to beryllium gone for the time aft leaving their Selma location Monday morning.
"He ne'er is late. He says he's going to beryllium present by a definite time, he's here," Glenda said." He was conscionable going to bash a time hunt. That was it, and travel home."
They accidental erstwhile they hadn't heard from him, and noticed his phone's determination stopped moving on Dinkey Creek Rd., eastbound of Shaver Lake, they made the telephone to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
"It's not similar him to not scope out, and we're conscionable missing him and conscionable privation him to travel location safely," Vargas said.
Wednesday, successful the present snow-covered area, sheriff's deputies and hunt and rescue volunteers are looking from the aerial by helicopter, and connected the crushed by utilizing off-road vehicles.
"Areas we're searching are Blue Canyon, Wishon, Courtright, and Rock Creek roadworthy area," said Sgt. Scott Weishaar with the Fresno County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team. "Very ample area. Hundreds of miles of Forest Service roads to search. Obviously, conditions aren't ideal."
While conditions are expected to amended rapidly to assistance with the search, deputies and volunteers are inactive moving with urgency, particularly since Dailey has bosom issues and Type 2 diabetes.
"He did not instrumentality his medicine with him due to the fact that helium planned connected it being a time trip," Vargas said. "He's been precise bully with controlling his humor sweetener for astir 5 oregon six months now. So, we're hoping without his medication, it doesn't marque a immense difference, but you ne'er know."
Both Varags and Glenda accidental Ron did person nutrient with him that helium should beryllium capable to ration for a fewer days.
Ron Dailey is 5 feet and 7 inches gangly and 190 pounds. His motortruck has a California sheet number 16028S2.
If anyone sees him, his truck, oregon immoderate motion of him, telephone the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
